It is always disturbing to see how people are discriminated against because of their race or gender identity. I found very interesting, sad, and hopeful the “Period: End of the Sentence” documentary. It was difficult to see how women were so ashamed of something as normal as having their periods. When they were asked about menstruation, it was very evident how their postures changed showing plenty of shame and discomfort by putting their heads down, contracting themselves, and looking another way. The patriarchy made them feel repulsion about themselves when they are bleeding, and they didn’t even have access to pads or any other menstrual products, so they had to use fabric, which I think must be very uncomfortable. Seeing people trying to solve this issue brings me a lot of joy and hope because we see progress and better life quality for women in India. I hope that this project impact other areas where people live in extreme poverty because it also creates employment for people in those communities. About racism and discrimination toward transgender people, it’s truly heartbreaking how are they dehumanized and prevented from quality healthcare. Those stigmas regarding black women that they tolerate more pain or they can do everything by themselves are extremely damaging. I was shocked when reading ” A Birth Story” when the woman that just had given birth, had to walk while pushing the baby’s crib so she could go to the other room. Everything in that story was awful, it really demonstrated the lack of respect the healthcare staff had towards black women.